Chapter 8: Her Diary and Memory
Ryoma lied on his bed, looked at the ceiling. He sighed and took Karupin and held her up. "Karupin, this house sure is quiet today. Don't you agree?" Ryoma asked with a blank face.
"Meowwww." Karupin replied, looking straight at Ryoma's eyes.
Ryoma didn't know why, but he felt something was missing in his life. He put Karupin beside him. 'Everything will work out like always. She only stayed here for a few days. I will forget about her staying here soon or later.'
Ryoma snapped and sat up. 'Am I… just now… thinking about her?'
His thought stopped when there was knocking at his room door. *knock* *knock* "Ryoma-san? Are you asleep yet?" Nanako's voice heard outside the door.
"Not yet. Why?" Ryoma asked.
"May I come in? I want to show you something." Nanako said.
"Yeah." Replied Ryoma.
Nanako twisted Ryoma's room doorknob and let herself in. She sat on Ryoma's bed and she brought something in both of her hand. The left hand had a cat doll and the other hand had a book.
"Here." Nanako gave both of the item to Ryoma.
"This is Sakuno's doll. And what is this?" Ryoma asked, took both of the item from Nanako and showed the book to Nanako with clueless face.
"It also Sakuno-chan's." Nanako smiled. "She sure talk a lot about you in that book." Nanako giggled.
'Talk about me?' Ryoma thought confusedly, looked at the book.
"I think she left this doll because she doesn't want you to forget her. Sakuno-chan is very cute. She likes you a lot." Nanako said and giggled.
'She doesn't want me to forget her?' Ryoma became more confused.
"Maybe you can give her back these items when you meet her someday. I think she prefer you to hold these items besides me. Well, that's all I want to say. Good night, Ryoma-san." Nanako smiled and left Ryoma's room.
Ryoma looked Nanako left. When Nanako already closed his room door, he looked at the cat doll. 'Doesn't she think this doll is important? She even left it.' Ryoma thought and put the doll away. Then his eyes change to the book's direction. 'Can I read it?' Ryoma didn't like to bother about someone else's privacy. 'But Nanako said that she talked about me. Maybe I can consider this book being my privacy too. In conclusion, I can read it.' He thought again.
He somewhat felt very nervous to opened up the book. His hand felt trembled to open it. He then successfully opened the first page.
'Today, I will start staying at Ryoma onii-chan's and Nanako onee-chan's house. Nanako onee-chan is very pretty and nice. She even gave me this book so that I can wrote anything that I like. For Ryoma onii-chan, I thought he was so scary. He rarely smiled and doesn't talked too much.'
Ryoma felt stabbed. Suddenly he had the deathly aura. But it stopped when he read the next paragraph.
'But, Ryoma onii-chan really is a kind person. He even bought me ice cream and let me hold his hand. And his eyes are actually very pretty. It is golden eyes and like a cat.'
Ryoma suddenly smiled a bit. He turned to the next page.
'I try to talk with Ryoma onii-chan, but he told me that I talked too much. It makes me a little sad.'
Ryoma remembered the time when Sakuno talked too much. 'I just wondering why.'
'Ryoma onii-chan gave me a big lollipop with many colours. Suddenly the sad feeling turned into a very happy feeling. I feel guilty for running from Ryoma onii-chan like that. He treat me kindly, but I always think he prefer to ignore me.'
'I didn't mean that. Luckily Eiji-senpai gave me the lollipop, I don't like it because it looks so childish, but he still put it in my bag.' He thought and flip to the next page.
'Today, Ryoma onii-chan goes to school. I don't know why but I felt a little bit sad when I didn't see him in the house. I want to watch television with him, eat with him and play with him. Nanako onee-chan has to do her work with the laptop, so I didn't have friend to play with today. But, when Ryoma onii-chan come back home, I felt really happy. He goes to the tennis court near the house and started rallying with the wall. I really like to watch his played tennis. Ryoma onii-chan is very cool and awesome. When I saw him playing tennis, the bored feeling disappear and excited feeling came.'
'She sure followed me wherever I go.'
'Today, I went out with Ryoma onii-chan. He helped me during at the train. It so crowded, make me hard to breath. But I felt safe whenever I am with Ryoma onii-chan. He grabbed my hand tightly so that I won't lost with the crowd. He also treats me hamburger and ice cream. It always Ryoma onii-chan who will treat. I am somehow felt I am troubling him.'
'Of course I will treat you. I'm the adult one.'
'He even gave me neko-chan. I like neko-chan because it looks a lot like Ryoma onii-chan. It must be black, but it has pretty golden eyes. At that time, I felt very happy. I will treasure neko-chan for the rest of my life.'
'But you left it.'
'I love Ryoma onii-chan so much.'
Ryoma's eyes widened when he read that statement. He didn't know that he could attract a little girl so much. Sakuno is a nice girl. He then flipped the last written pages.
'I don't know when obaa-chan will come. I missed her so much. But it's okay, because Ryoma onii-chan and Nanako onee-chan always be with me. I hope that Ryoma onii-chan didn't feel annoyed with me when I'm here.
'I'm not annoyed.'
If I am 10 years older, I would like to get married with Ryoma onii-chan in the future, because I really like Ryoma onii-chan. He may be cold, but he is really a gentle person actually.'
Suddenly the book fell down from Ryoma's hand. "Ryuzaki is weirdo." He said, unknowingly his face turned really red. He took back the book. He looked at the front page of the book, written 'Ryuzaki Sakuno's diary'.
Ryoma took the cat doll and stared at it. He then put the doll and diary into his tennis bag. Then, he lying on the bed, try to get some sleep.
Done for this chapter.
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